Help on a new site

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sahmothers.com, Jan 12, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Afternoon friends,

    I am new to this forum and hopefully have picked the correct forum to post this.
    I need help. I have recently purchased www.sahmothers.com and am awaiting a new template for the site. I was told that the site brings in around 300 a month which I can tell was a lie.

    I basically want to know how I can promote this the best way possible. SEO is a must I know but what tools should I purchase or use to help in this.

    I am new to the web as a whole but my husband is pretty solid with this stuff.

    Just thought I would get some ideas on what to do to bring in my visits which in turn will turn visits into dollars.

    Thanks !!

    Rachael
     
    sahmothers.com, Jan 12, 2007 IP
  2. venetsian

    venetsian Well-Known Member

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    I suppose the cheapest way to do seo is to spend time link exchanging + blogging around the web .. that's the free promotion .. other than that costs money ..
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the quick reply !!

    I don't mind spending money but nothing like a few hundred dollars. I would love some hits that actually pertain to my niche of the site.
    Let me know what you think. Also I haven't submitted the site to any search engines yet but also don't have anything like seoelite etc to use
     
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    venetsian Well-Known Member

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    Put as much as possible unique content -- write some articles and stuff like that .. update the site daily .. not too much .. just one - two new items as a day so people would see that this site is alive .. also try some link exchanges and blog postings to spread the word about your website .. because I see no rating at all .. this means nobody knows about it ..

    Also very important is that there are not missing images and errors on the website .. i see there are some of both ..

    Cheers,

    Venetsian.
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    Thanks again, I haven't started actually doing much on the site till the new template is up and running. I just wanted to get a head start out there.

    Thanks again !!
     
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    Janna122003 Banned

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    KC TAN Well-Known Member

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    Performing on-site optimization is the first thing you should do after determining your targeted keywords. You may want to take a look at my SEO site for more details.

    It would be good if you can submit a Google sitemap to help the indexing :)

    Good luck!
     
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    Tell us about the site so we could tell you more things

    Also the basic things for promotion is
    a)good advertising
    b)good search engine rankings

    these are the two best ways to get the traffic

    but to gain serps in google you have to do following

    a)get a good page rank for your site

    to get a good page rank do these
    a)buy links
    b)post here
    c)submission to directories

    also

    you should look at content,description and keywords of your site
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    Okay I am back and thank you all for the help, I am in the midst of puting up a new cleaner more professional web template on the site. When that goes live I am working on the linkbacks or backlinks whichever :)

    The site will contain information for stay at home moms, such as recipes, product reviews ( primarily kids books, dvds etc ) and links to other wahm,sahm sites that provide good links to activities for us SAHMoms. Basically I am looking to make our site into a hub for good information and out links to other sites.
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    By the way where is the best place to buy links for little to nothing, already signed up for both of your directories Jeff
     
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    stay away from link exchanges....there are a lot of free directories that you can submit your site to.

    http://www.tips1001.com/2006/10/26/directory-list.html

    thats a list of directories, it is time consuming but its better than exchanging links.


    I like the theme of your site. send me a PM....I'd be willing to work with you.
     
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    Awesome stuff, thanks for the link !!!
    Is there no way to do this automatically though ?
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    Site is updated, hopefully will have it all done tomorrow night !!
     
    sahmothers.com, Jan 17, 2007 IP
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    Yes there are ways.. it is a very tedious aspect of SEO - as such we outsource it. There are some affordable directory submission rates out there

    You can spend $30 or so and be done with it :D
     
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    if you have $$$ to spend and want to get targetted traffic to your site is to use "adword" i.e. ppc engine. You dont have to submit to search engine as search engine will find you eventually.
     
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    Good point - we do advise PPC for new sites while the SEO programs are taking hold. Feed it with Paid until the organic catches up
     
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    sahmothers.com Well-Known Member

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    Awesome, now how do I find a PPC for the site, is this google adwords or ?

    I just signed up for the manual submission for 35 dollars.

    Can any of you fine folks let me know if I should replace my adsense in a better location...

    Thanks again all !!
     
    sahmothers.com, Jan 18, 2007 IP
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    Hiya.. Google Adwords is the most popular

    As for the placement issues - check out the AdSense/Adwords boards here - there is TONs of great ideas there
     
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    Thanks again !!
     
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